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Summer Soap Carving

>> 6/19/2012

Let me introduce the new soap items carved in June.

The soap carving were presented at a special event organized by the soap manufacturing company. I gave my carved soaps for a lottery at the event. As a back pay I got a bag of new soap bars.

All soaps in the picture are carved with a thai knife. I used some techniques I learnt in Japan.

Here you can buy a thai knife (the same as mine). The set of soap carving tools can be useful as well.

Soap carving

Wonder in my soap carving skills progress? :)) Check up a full soap collection of mine starting with my first soap carving items.

1. Sakura Blossoms. 2.Food Stories Award

>> 5/27/2012

I've been out of blogging for a while by some reasons. My younger brother got sick in hospital. He needed blood transfusion. We asked relatives and friends to be donors to help him. Moreover I found out that I have a rare blood type... I was out of order because of all the situations.

Thanks heaven my brother is getting better now.

It's Sakura blossom season in Sakhalin. Japanese people say that the short sakura time is like a woman beauty. Fades quickly. I can't agree with the statement. Today we have good cosmetic treatments to stay younger ;)

Sakura trees in Yuzhno city streets

Chekov monument in front of the Sakhalin library

Sakura by my office building

Apple tree blossoms

I carved Sakura soap.

Sakura soap

Food Stories award

I was nominated for the Food Stories Award for Excellence in Storytelling by my blooger friend CJ (Food Story). Now I have to share a random thing about myself. Well the thing is the following:

I have never had iPhone.

Enigma Soap Carving

>> 3/13/2012

I bought a new soap with a lovely parfume fragrance. Enigma soap has a soft texture and packed into a nice paper box . I have got a great pleasure to carve it. At last I made a clean job with no broken parts.
The design is carved with a thai knife.

See the whole soap carving pieces from the very first items to the last one.

Choose a knife for your soap carving:

Soap Carving Collection March 2012

>> 3/04/2012

New arrival to soap carving album. There are soap crafts made for the last exhibition.

Designed from my mind :) Carved with a thai knife with a thin blade.

Soap Carving Souvenir. Three New Designs

>> 2/25/2012

Tomorrow I will participate in CRAZY HAND MADE exhibition. I made the soap carving souvenirs for sell. More soap pieces are coming up soon.

I am having a wide programme tomorrow which is a fruit carving presentation, food garnish demo and tools demonstration. I hope to have many visitors at my desk :)

Ancient Medallion. Soap Carving

>> 10/23/2011

I've got an idea to carve the Pumpkin Moon design in a soap. That soap looks like a medallion. It also reminds me a pattern from a ancient shield. I sticked a soap rose to the center and got a magical ancient medallion.

Ancient medallion carved in a soap

I have the other soap with an ancient design. In my eyes that soap looks like a seal of the Middle Ages. The photo has vkusnoeda.com watermark which is the other website of mine. I made the website at the times when I started to learn fruit and vegetable carving art. I hope you will find many ideas for your first steps in carving on there.

You may need a thai knife for soap carving:

Soap Carving Class in Tokyo

>> 10/16/2011

I have written before about my melon carving class in Tokyo. This time I'd like to share my soap carving experience.

I am so thankful to my carving teacher in Japan, Mrs.Miho Morita, for accepting me for a soap carving class. Miho-sensei (sensei is a japanese word for a teacher) is a famous carving artist in Japan. Last year her student won a gold medals in the soap carving contest. I think I am so lucky to become one of her students.

Mrs.Miho Morita has a blog in English.

Miho-sensei has an unigue carving manner. Her soap works are incredibly fine. At the class I've choosen a diffiicult butterfly design with tiny details. We spent two hours carving it. That was challenging!

Original butterfly soap by Miho Morita sensei

My work

Inspite of the fact that my soap carving was far from being perfect I have got a valuable experience and learned some things:

I've got an idea on how to build a complicated design
I've learned a tricky knife motion (should be more practised)
I feel more confident now in making difficult thing.

At home I tried to use new skills in making a bird soap:

The work of mine. A bird carved in a soap bar.
Japanese soap is soft and has a pleasant perfume smell

I have other soaps in progress. Will show them up as far as they are completed.

Read more stories about my fruit carving adventures on Japan:
Thai Carving Competition in Tokyo, October 2011
Thai Carving Skills in Practice

Few pictures of Miho Morita soap carving

I'd like to show some beautiful works of Miho Morita.

Butterfly soap carving with the tiny tricky details, carved by Miho-sensei

Soap carving arrangement, made by Miho-sensei

After the class I met my Sakhalin friend at the appointed place and we went for a walk to Sensoji Temple located at Asakusa district. Sensoji is a must for Tokyo sightseeing. That is a Buddhist complex with a temple, pagoda and a garden.

There are O-mikuji boxes at the temple area. O-mikuji is a fortune prediction based on a random choice. Last year I drew out my mikuji and it promised me a poor fortune about my plans. As I understood later that was a true prediction. This year I have new plans and a better fortune for them :)

Gate to Sensoji Temple

At the temple area you will find many gift stores. It is called Nakamise street. They sell sweets, gifts, kimono, food and other nice things. Sensoji is not just a famous tourist spot, this is a beloved place by japanese people too. Step aside of Nakamise street and you get Geisha City. As we were explaned Geisha City was a name for a restaurant and eating house zone in Edo age. Sounds lovely, doesn't it?

Nakamise street, inside a gift shop

Night veiw of Pagoda

Night view of the gate to Sensoji Temple

Soap Compliment

>> 7/23/2011

New soap carving peices and flowers from my mom's garden:

Roses

Soap and roses

Lupine

Clematis

Submitted to:

Create n Carve ~ Fruit and Vegetable event by simply.food. guest hosted bySara of Saras Corner

Gothic Themed Soap Carving

>> 3/16/2011

Related entries:
Soap Carving. Making Gifts For Friends
First Attempt in Soap Carving
Delicate Soap Carving

Gothic emblem carved on a soap

Gothic theme on a soap

Floral pattern in gothic style. Soap carving

Soap Carving. Making presents for friends

>> 11/10/2010

More blog posts about soap carving:

Delicate Soap Carving

Soap Carving Art

First Try In Soap Carving

I have cut these soaps for my friends from Riga, Latvia and for my ikebana sensei. Pictures of the soaps are marked with vkusnoeda.com another website of mine about the art of fruit carving and vegetable garnishing.

I am going to produce more pieces in order to include them in the bathing sets for Christmas and New Year.

Delicate Soap Carving

>> 6/19/2010

More articles:
Soap Carvinf Class in Tokyo, September 2011
My First Try in Soap Carving, August 2010

I carved these soaps with a thai knife. The green soap with a heart is one of my favotire designs.

Soap Carving Art

>> 6/05/2010

More soap carving on this blog:
Soap Carving continued
Soap Carving begining

Thai carving techiques and application work on soap. New add to my soap collection.

New Soap Carving

>> 5/17/2010

Carved soap packed into small boxes. The whole collection of my new soap can be checked out at http://www.vkusnoeda.com/esoapcarving.html

My Soap Carving

>> 5/08/2010

More about carving art:

Drink Garnish
Watermelon With Butterfly Pattern
Pumpkin Carving

My first try in soap carving art.

these two soaps are carved in a soap carving class in Moscow under a teacher supervision
(thai knife and soap carving tools)

practising in a soap carving at home

an experimental flower in a soap (thai knife and tools)

the green soap is carved with special tools, the blue soap carved with a thai knife

About me

Hi, I am Selena. Welcome to GarnishFood blog. It's all about the art of fruit and vegetable carving and creating edibe arrangements. I practice fruit carving in Sakhalin Island since 2007 in my Carving Studio. My work is making fruit arrangements for events and teaching the carving art. My teaching concept is explaining fruit carving in easy and fun way to let people create nice things at the very first steps. I enjoy making soap carving crafts, fruit toys for kids, drink garnishes and food/plate garnishes for everyday meals. I use Triangle tool set for my work and classes. Triangle tools perfectly meet my needs and inspire me for new ideas.